Legislative battle shaping up in Tennessee over state’s abortion ban
Tennessee's strict abortion ban is expected to be re-fought among divided majority Republicans during the General Assembly's upcoming 2023 session.
These new Tennessee laws are taking effect Jan. 1, 2023
Tennesseans will see a handful of new laws go into effect Jan. 1, among them a pro-consumer law making it easier to cancel online subscription-based products and services.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee pardons 16 people, including 3 from Southeast Tennessee
Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday he has granted pardons to 16 people, including two women from Hamilton County and a Bradley County man.
Gov. Lee, Tennessee Republicans criticize federal plans to move some migrants here as Trump policy expires
Gov. Bill Lee and fellow prominent Republicans are demanding the Biden administration abandon what they say are plans to transport some migrant detainees from a federal facility in New Orleans to Tennessee.
Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, husband move to finalize their divorce
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, and her estranged husband, Perry Greene, have agreed to finalize their divorce, according to new filings last week in the Floyd County, Georgia, Superior Court.
Poll: Tennesseans agree on barring transgender students from school teams
Most Tennesseans say in a new survey that they support restricting middle and high school students to playing only on sports teams that match their sex at birth.
Sen. Gardenhire introduces bill to revoke entertainment status for Chattanooga’s Station Street, charges area ‘crime-infested’
Citing violence and other problems in Chattanooga's Station Street entertainment district, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, says he has introduced a bill to repeal a 2016 law that allowed patrons of bars and nightclubs to bring alcoholic drinks onto the street.
Tennessee legislative panel cracks whip over state Department of Children’s Services problems
Tennessee lawmakers voted Wednesday to put the state's troubled Department of Children's Services on a short leash, approving a one-year extension for the agency to get its act together.
Vanderbilt poll: Most Tennesseans favor exemptions in state abortion law for rape, incest; Republican voters like DeSantis
Three out of four Tennesseans are telling pollsters they favor exceptions for victims of rape and incest in Tennessee's strict abortion law that banned the procedure in most instances.
Gov. Lee weighs UTC $57.68 million budget request for Fletcher Hall renovation project
Tennessee higher education officials are seeking a half billion dollars in state funding for 11 building projects in next year's state budget.
